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Quarterly report 2023-Q3
added 06-13-2026

Blucora Financial Ratios 2022-2008 | BCOR

Brief overview of Blucora's market valuation

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2017–2022.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 3.11x (median 25.17x), P/B 1.76x (median 2.01x), P/CF 26.25x (median 14.19x). On average, this basket is 12.9% below its own five-year medians. The market values the business at a discount to recent history.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 32.2% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 56.5%, ROA 43.6%, ROCE -1.4%. Negative returns point to losses or poor capital efficiency. Valuation multiples are less informative in this setting.

High leverage is part of the financial-sector model, so valuation should be linked to capital, asset quality and ROE.

Conclusion

Blucora's restrained price comes with modest current quality. Better efficiency is needed for revaluation.

Annual Financial Ratios Blucora

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

3.1 124.6 -2.3 17.4 25.2 38.2 -9.9 -6.3 -17.3 32.5 27.7 20.4 - - -

P/S

2.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 2.3 2.0 1.4 2.1 5.9 8.7 1.5 1.9 - - -

EPS

8.8 0.2 -7.1 1 0.9 0.6 -1.6 -1.0 -0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

1.26 B 1.6 B 1.38 B 1.25 B 1.56 B 1.42 B 1.18 B 1.01 B 957 M 1.14 B 726 M 399 M -105 M -83.8 M -49.9 M

EBITDA per Share

0.55 -0.32 -5.94 0.92 2.24 1.94 1.83 0.43 0.65 0.45 1.67 0.76 0.44 0.21 -

EV/EBITDA

47.8 -101.5 -4.8 28.3 14.6 16.4 15.6 57.0 35.8 61.5 10.8 13.8 -6.6 -11.5 -

PEG

-0.01 -0.71 0.02 0.34 0.35 0.71 -0.13 -0.24 -0.32 8.07 -5.23 0.39 - - -

P/B

1.8 2.8 2.5 1.3 2.0 1.8 1.5 0.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.2 - - -

P/CF

- 26.2 17.6 9.0 12.1 14.2 7.7 12.2 11.1 11.7 13.3 28.2 - - -

ROE %

56.55 2.27 -109.76 7.48 8.33 4.99 -15.62 -8.67 -7.42 4.75 5.42 6.08 1.55 2.65 -

ROA %

43.62 0.72 -32.21 4.23 5.07 2.70 -6.37 -3.08 -4.11 2.49 3.85 5.46 1.33 - -

ROCE %

-1.38 -5.52 -33.41 0.00 7.32 5.15 3.90 -0.43 0.58 -0.51 8.54 6.03 - - -

Current Ratio

4.4 1.5 1.4 2.3 2.7 2.3 1.7 1.6 2.2 2.1 3.4 9.9 6.9 - -

DSO

12.4 9.4 9.7 8.1 8.6 7.5 7.2 12.7 85.1 166.1 26.9 35.3 16.3 - -

DIO

- - - - - - - 389.2 795.1 375.9 - - - - -

DPO

5.8 6.2 9.5 7.4 5.7 6.6 7.5 68.0 844.6 1290.5 45.7 37.3 3.5 - -

Operating Cycle

12.4 9.4 9.7 8.1 8.6 7.5 7.2 401.9 880.2 542.0 26.9 35.3 16.3 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

6.7 3.2 0.2 0.7 2.9 0.8 -0.3 333.9 35.6 -748.5 -18.8 -2.0 12.8 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Blucora

2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

-0.04 0.09 0.04 - -0.46 0.83 0.71 - -0.57 0.65 0.57 - -0.55 1.04 -6.6 - -1.28 0.64 1.29 - -0.37 0.74 0.97 - -0.37 0.08 0.73 - -1.3 -0.35 0.55 - -0.26 0.1 0.56 - -0.05 0.21 0.62 - -0.16 0.2 0.58 - -0.06 0.24 0.29 - 0.05 -0.1 0.04

EBITDA per Share

0.89 0.78 0.19 - 0.45 1.55 1.16 - 0.25 1.3 0.99 - 0.64 0.31 -4.84 - -0.82 0.99 1.65 - 0.4 1.25 1.35 - 0.38 1.12 1.27 - 0.45 1.01 1.2 - 0.34 0.76 1.17 - 0.63 0.86 1.27 - 0.62 0.79 1.06 - 0.51 0.27 0.12 - 0.16 0.08 0.07

ROE %

-5.02 5.47 14.53 14.17 6.43 20.57 18.47 8.54 1.25 22.02 -82.97 -90.99 -100.81 -89.12 -92.85 3.87 1.63 16.94 20.19 10.89 7.69 10.55 11.12 3.48 -8.51 -8.14 -4.32 -10.37 -12.35 0.42 7.63 3.18 2.78 6.30 10.11 5.73 4.39 6.51 9.98 5.38 4.79 8.55 9.83 4.81 5.44 4.83 2.79 -0.20 0.63 -1.21 0.37

ROA %

-1.68 2.09 4.85 4.65 2.13 6.99 5.88 2.68 0.22 8.36 -26.86 -29.33 -34.73 -29.76 -29.59 2.90 1.50 10.38 12.35 6.56 4.88 6.61 6.11 1.62 -3.23 -2.74 -1.28 -4.26 -5.53 -0.17 3.65 1.87 1.62 3.83 6.01 3.37 2.64 3.90 5.79 3.11 2.70 5.10 6.07 3.24 3.81 3.13 1.80 -0.18 0.58 -1.09 0.33

ROCE %

0.07 4.75 8.01 8.24 6.19 11.64 10.36 5.71 5.81 7.29 -26.94 -30.68 -37.41 -35.08 -27.40 2.82 1.68 12.50 15.67 8.55 7.35 11.65 12.16 6.56 5.53 8.76 9.10 4.49 2.74 5.31 8.12 4.62 4.46 8.31 11.88 7.06 7.83 10.64 13.50 8.37 9.08 2.65 4.95 - 0.71 - - - - - -

Current Ratio

2.0 2.0 2.2 4.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.0 9.9 11.9 10.5 9.9

DSO

11.8 12.4 12.8 - 12.2 8.3 7.2 - 9.6 7.7 6.1 - 7.3 11.7 7.2 - 11.4 10.5 8.1 - 6.0 5.6 5.2 - 7.2 6.1 5.4 - 7.4 6.6 5.2 - 26.8 22.7 8.6 - 26.8 26.6 20.1 - 30.3 29.9 21.0 - 33.5 29.1 22.3 - 32.3 37.6 -

DIO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54.5 55.7 48.9 - 35.3 34.5 27.6 - 30.2 37.6 16.7 - - - - - - - -

DPO

2.3 2.7 5.0 - 4.5 11.7 11.3 - 7.1 12.4 12.5 - 9.3 23.0 17.6 - 8.8 9.2 9.8 - 4.8 8.6 8.2 - 5.2 8.4 9.0 - 7.3 11.3 11.9 - 51.9 58.4 31.6 - 52.1 57.1 55.5 - 46.9 49.6 45.7 - 46.9 50.1 49.4 - 24.9 52.8 -

Operating Cycle

11.8 12.4 12.8 - 12.7 13.2 13.3 - 9.6 7.7 6.1 - 6.6 7.2 5.0 - 10.0 7.7 6.5 - 15.0 9.1 5.8 - 10.8 7.0 5.2 - 11.2 7.8 5.0 - 1258.8 988.4 726.4 - 59.1 53.6 44.2 - 66.8 75.4 40.0 - 34.3 31.6 23.6 - 40.6 42.0 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

9.5 9.7 7.8 - 8.1 0.9 1.2 - 2.5 -4.7 -6.4 - -1.9 -2.5 -3.7 - 0.3 -3.4 -3.8 - 9.6 3.7 0.3 - 4.2 0.2 -1.6 - 3.8 -0.0 -2.5 - 1119.9 856.1 668.1 - 13.4 10.2 -2.7 - -0.1 -5.2 -18.6 - -14.9 -21.9 -27.4 - -27.6 -30.2 -

All numbers in USD currency

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